Heidi Stenner @hstenner@qoto.org

This holiday season, break the ice by telling your family and friends how baby octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats.
📸 by Songda Cai http://bit.ly/2ZmNZZH

#usgs live feed eruption of Mauna Loa #maunalao #volcanicactivity #volcanoes
https://youtu.be/SnjGqn1K9ZQ

Oaks near Sheepstor in low cloud last December #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #mosstadon

Hey everyone, if you are new(ish) here on #mastodon and more particularly epicure.social may I introduce you to the "content warning" concept.

It's one of Mastodon's features for keeping the whole experience here more polite and civilised.

HOW IT WORKS: When you post content that, to some, may be offensive, troubling or unwanted, you add a "content warning" (click on the "CW" initials bottom of the publishing box, or on mobile it's the "!" icon). This hides the content in the feed. Each viewer can decide if they want to click to unhide or not.

Check @bbcworld for examples.

CWs are not censorship. They just stop the feeds becoming a twitter-like mire.

For epicure.social - which is focused on food and wine - please use a CW for anything potentially offensive or NSFW, especially if off-topic.

#MastoAdmin

@usgsvolcanoes_bot The attached image is not included in the bot post, so I attach it here.

If anyone wants to help on the United Federation of Instances website let me know.

I have a first working version done. But welcome any improvements (including to layout) as well as some help filling in some of the documentation.

There is also some room for scripts to help make the whole thing work, we can talk if anyone wants to help there.

Anyone, anyone interested in helping let me know. I will send a link to the current website in private at request, I just dont want to share it with the world until its more complete.

#UFI #UFoI @ufoi

Life pro tip for abled folk: look out for disabled people. Remember that you are only ever *temporarily* abled. Sooner or later, one way or the other, everyone joins our ranks. Even if you are not moved to support disabled folk for other reasons, it is in your own best interests to fight with us to erase stigma, to improve accessibility, to create equal opportunities. Listen to disabled people; let our voices be heard. We are the pioneers living your future.

(Art by my dear friend Maxine Green!)

#InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities2021 #Disability #Accessibility #a11y #Neurodivergent @actuallyautistic

I posted this some time ago, but for those who didn’t see it: the Galactic Core region of the Milky Way over Stoke Pero Church, #ExmoorNationalPark #exmoor #photography #landscapephotography #astrophotography #MilkyWay #GalacticCore #stokepero #stokepeeochurch #graveyard

Just a reminder, as I get this a lot, but joining the United Federation of Instances doesnt require **any** time contribution of the part of its admins or instances. Any voting is totally optional to participate. As long as your instance follows our code of ethics you can join, nothing else required other than to federate to other UFoI instance.

DM me if you want to talk more, are are at over 200,000 members and will be open to more over the next week or so before membership will become harder and more formalized.

all intances welcome, from single user to large instances.

#UFI #UFoI @ufoi

Highway 1 remains closed from just south of Big Sur to Ragged Point with no ETA re opening. Geologists are assessing before determining next steps. Here is cow cliffs just north of Big Creek.

And Mastodon hits 8 million users. #xp

A lot of Mastodon instance admins are either getting their first hosting bill or getting a very increased bill from extreme growth and usage. Some may be experiencing bill shock.

Please make sure your paying/supporting them!

Twitter was free because you were the product. Mastodon doesn't work this way.

Many instances list a patreon or donation links on their about page.

In France, TIER Mobility is piloting wheelchair-accessible electric scooters in partnership with Omni, a French startup that has developed an electric scooter attachment compatible with most wheelchairs.

#Mobility #Accessibility #wheelchair #Disability #Axschat #France

https://inkl.com/a/jzkprjCbwYz

December’s free-access article from the Journal of #Geoscience #Education is a commentary article about supporting #LGBTQ+ geoscientists, as students and as professionals.

Matthew R. Downen & Alison N. Olcott (2022) Supporting LGBTQ+ geoscientists, in and out of the classroom, Journal of Geoscience Education, DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2022.2116205

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2022.2116205

My team at work just launched new research on the #TwitterMigration: We analyze which platforms are growing - especially #Mastodon, #Tumblr & #Post.

We look at which sites users are adding to their Twitter bios, posting to their friends about & downloading apps for.

Please do boost this, and love to hear any comments or feedback on it!

Download it here:
https://is.gd/lqGw9q

Explore 1,100 Works of Art by Georgia O’Keeffe: They’re Now Digitized and Free to View Online

https://www.openculture.com/2020/06/explore-1100-works-of-art-by-georgia-okeeffe.html